The HRIC Daily Brief is a daily selection of news stories and commentary related to human rights in China, drawn from Chinese- and English-language news and online media sources that we monitor daily. In addition to headlines and source links, HRIC also provides English translation of Chinese headlines.

Thursday, November 01, 2007

XUAR Uighur Activist Asks U.S. to Help Stop China RemovalsReuters (via YahooNews), November 01, 2007http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071101/wl_nm/china_usa_uighurs_dc_1;_ylt=An4S_0xS7U70WoNFRiKzOHZPzWQA7U70WoNFRiKzOHZPzWQAUyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer told the US Congress yesterday that the Chinese government operates a program which forcibly transfers hundreds of thousands of young Uyghur women from Xinjiang to eastern China. These women face harsh treatment with 12-hour work days and often see wages withheld for months. Kadeer described these women as “cheap slave labor and potential sex workers.”

Tibet Group: Tibetans Fired upon by PoliceAssociated Press (via YahooNews), October 31, 2007http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071031/ap_on_re_as/china_tibetans_shot_1;_ylt=Al8PGnY_m04Vtm2DcgKroYZPzWQAnY_m04Vtm2DcgKroYZPzWQAReportedly on October 18 a group of about 30 Tibetans, including Buddhist monks, nuns and two children who tried to cross a mountain pass to exile in Nepal were fired upon by China’s People’s Armed Police. According to the NGO International Campaign for Tibet, there were no injuries or fatalities. A few of these Tibetans reached Katmandu but several others, including three monks, were taken into custody. The incident follows a similar case in September 2006 when foreign climbers witnessed and recorded another shooting.

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